Arsenal leader Mikel Arteta has diminished concern about the potential injury to Ethan Nwaneri, revealing that a teenager’s striker was rejected against West Ham United on Saturday.
Nwaneri lasted 81 minutes a Grim 1-0 defeat In front of the Emirates stadium. The rifles flew on Saturday fastening without four first choices forward and fought to open all significant opportunities against the stubborn guard protection against West Ham.
The view of Nwaner, who was walking the edge of the Emirates Pitch, encouraged the fear that Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus would join on the side, but Artea wanted to abolish these concerns. “No, we hope not,” the Spanish boss replied when asked if the 17-year-old had been injured. “I think he’s just tired.”
Midfielder Mikel Merino started the match against West Ham as a makeshift striker after stone in two goals in Arsenal’s trip to Leicester City Last weekend. However, without a tooth that opens 80 minutes of that match at King Power, it proved to be more instructive than a late goal.
After watching his side only registered two goals against the team with the fifth worst defensive record in Premier leagueArtea sighed, “We have to look in the mirror in ourselves and what we can do better, the will and desire and the way we run and the way we want it, zero questions about it.
“But at this level this is not enough, you have to deliver and it has to be a lot of quality to break a really good team to win a lot more duels than we did and put on actions that can finish in really threatening moments of position to win in the game, and We didn’t do that. “
Martin Odegaard came under many individual criticisms after withstanding his seventh consecutive appearance without registration. ArsenalThe skipper confessed to his creative struggle: “I think we lacked a little efficiency in the last third, the final passage, the final cross and we should have been sharper and better about the frame. I think we missed it today and also let them go a little easy They suffer several times, so it’s a big blow and disappointing.
“Let’s move on and we have to hit the next one right away.”
Arsenal faces a scary journey to a third -placed Noottingham forest On Wednesday night, although their offer to bounce straight back will be enhanced by the probable inclusion of NWANERA.
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